Politics

Quentin Tarantino was the topic of discussion on Tuesday’s episode of “The O’Reilly Factor” on Fox News, with the host and a guest putting the heat on the filmmaker’s body of work for possibly causing real-life...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) doggedly avoided CNN host Soledad O’Brien’s requests on Wednesday to take a definable position on gun laws after last week’s mass shooting in Connecticut. “What would you support in terms of...

The lawmaker who South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R) has chosen to replace tea party-backed Sen. Jim DeMint (R) says legislators should focus on mental health instead of gun laws following the massacre of 20 elementary school children in...

CNN host Piers Morgan, who has repeatedly called for stricter gun regulation in the wake of last week’s school shooting in Connecticut, got into a heated debate with the head of the Gun Owners of America (GOA), Larry Pratt, during his show...

Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich on Tuesday night criticized President Barack Obama for agreeing to adjust the measure of inflation for safety net programs like Social Security. During an appearance on Current TV, Reich said the President was...

Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) said Tuesday that he wouldn’t regretting losing his seat over tighter regulations on guns and invited the NRA to spend money to oppose his reelection. Yarmuth told The Washington Post that the power of the NRA was...

A Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma thinks that he can prevent another horrific mass school killing like the one in Newtown, Connecticut by arming teachers and giving them the same training as law enforcement. “The reality of this situation...

Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) has an A rating from the National Rifle Association but he says that Democrats are at fault for not passing more gun control legislation. During a Tuesday interview on MSNBC, host Thomas Roberts asked Kingston if he...

It took CNN host Carol Costello just over two minutes on Tuesday to skewer the National Rifle Association’s past extremism when it came to fighting gun legislation, pointing out criticisms that it fuels the country’s “enormous...

An Australian gun control advocate told the panelists at The Young Turks on Tuesday that the country’s high standards on regulating firearms haven’t diminished the quality of life in her country. “We still have hunting, we...

A police dispatcher in Colorado listened helplessly on the phone on Tuesday to what authorities believe was at least a triple murder-suicide. Weld County Sheriff’s spokesperson Tim Schwartz told reporters that a woman called police at...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) says that schools in his state will be safer when school districts are given the ability to allow staff to carry guns. Speaking to a cheering crowd of Northeast Tarrant County Tea Party members on Monday, the Texas...

CBS News host Norah O’Donnell on Tuesday called out Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel for telling Attorney General Eric Holder to “shut the fuck up” about reinstating the assault weapons ban when both men worked for President Barack...

Newark New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker (D) said Monday that he wants to be a leader in the drug reform movement no matter where he goes next in his public career, explaining that America must “radically change” the...

On her show Monday night, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow challenged the notion that Congress was unable to pass any new regulations on firearms because of the powerful gun lobby. “The biggest barrier to reforming our laws may just be the...